Newsletter

SUMMER SPECIAL: Use the coupon code, 38T6TM3P, to receive a 20% discount on all TCS store purchases from August 01st to September 02nd, 2024. August 2024 Newsletter content August Greetings from The Contemplative Society! We wanted to get this newsletter to you early in the month so that you still have time to register for our upcoming September 2024 retreat with Heather Ruce. Please note that the registration deadline is August 31 and we are also organizing a rideshare program so if you...

“There is a great difference between comprehending the knowledge of things and tasting the hidden life of them.” Quaker mystic Isaac Pennington Summer greetings from the Contemplative Society! This newsletter features a personal invitation from Heather Ruce to join our upcoming Wisdom School in Sorrento BC from September 8-12, 2024. Since the earlybird deadline for registration is fast approaching, we hope you will find this a timely reminder and inspiration to click on the link below and...

Welcome to June, the month of warmer temperatures and longer days! Summer in the Western Hemisphere is a season that most of us still like to celebrate despite the ever-present reality of wildfires aate warming. In many ways, the time we are living in seems anything but ‘ordinary’. But for those who follow the Christian liturgical calendar this season is indeed known as Ordinary Time. The word ‘ordinary’ in this context originated with the ‘ordinal numbers’ used to count the weeks that come...

Many blessings on this last day of May! In this newsletter we share several events being hosted in our contemplative community in the coming months. This includes a Summer Centering Prayer Intensive at Providence Renewal Centre, a National Conference Retreat: From Anxiety to Peace at UBC Vancouver, and a Contemplative Retreat: Coming Home to Divine Light in Dark Times at Sorrento Centre. Find out more below! Blessings, Tabitha Black-Lock The Contemplative Society Summer Centering Prayer:...